A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.

We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.

Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

I write a book at least three times-once to understand it, the second time to improve the prose, and a third to compel it to say what it still must say.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.